Université Laval

Navigating wastewater management policy and practice in Canada: A North-South perspective

Population and economic growth are increasing municipal wastewater volumes in Canada and the associated risks to surface water, groundwater, ecosystems, and public health. Under the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (WSER), Canada sets federal minimum discharge standards fo...

Incidence, Risk Factors and Management of Adverse Events in Contemporary Real‐World Care of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

OBJECTIVE: We describe the frequency, risk factors, severity, and management of actionable and serious adverse events (AAE and SAE) in children with newly diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Canada. METHODS: We enrolled patients within 3 months of JIA diagnosis in th...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Hospitalizations Among Infants Receiving Nirsevimab

Importance Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of hospitalization among infants. Nirsevimab, a long-acting monoclonal antibody that protects against severe RSV, was publicly funded for all infants in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec starting in the fa...

phonokit: a toolkit to create phonological representations in Typst

Creating high-quality phonological representations in academic documents is often time-consuming and requires juggling multiple tools and LaTeX packages (most notably tikz). This vignette introduces phonokit, an open-source Typst package designed to streamline the creation of pho...

Toward a Langmuir-monolayer-based protocol for assessing the mucoadhesion of gold nanoparticles intended for ophthalmological drug-delivery applications

This study aims to establish a Langmuir-monolayer-based protocol to assess the mucoadhesion of gold nanoparticles intended for ophthalmological drug-delivery applications. Using Langmuir monolayers to model the tear film and corneal epithelial membrane, mucins were found to inter...

From Bench to Operating Room: A Comparative Study of Tensile and Puncture Tests in Self-Assembled Constructs with Clinical Feedback

Urethral reconstruction is required for a variety of congenital and acquired conditions. Current grafting techniques rely on autologous tissues such as buccal mucosa, which are often limited by donor-site morbidity. Biomaterials could be an alternative. However, they may present...

Establishment of Stable Immortalized Human Choroidal Melanocytes for Ocular Research

Purpose: The short lifespan of primary normal choroidal melanocytes (NCMs) in vitro represents a major barrier to mechanistic, functional, and translational studies of choroid biology and uveal melanoma (UM). This study aimed to establish and characterize immortalized human NCM l...

Genome‐scale insights into metabolic streamlining and photosynthetic energy balance in the extremophile green alga Picocystis salinarum (Picocystophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Abstract Picocystis salinarum is an early‐diverging chlorophyte and the sole described member of the Picocystophyceae, frequently dominating hypersaline and alkaline lakes despite extreme physicochemical constraints. To elucidate the genomic foundations of its ecological success,...

Effectiveness of Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors for Postoperative Pain Management Using Multidimensional Pain Assessment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

BACKGROUND: Although selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX‑2) inhibitors are commonly used in perioperative pain management, it is uncertain whether these anti-inflammatory agents meaningfully improve postoperative recovery, including the impact of pain on daily functioning. METHODS: T...

Platform-Independent Suspect Screening Analysis of Pesticides and Transformation Products in Honey Bees across Multiple High-Resolution Mass Spectrometers

Abstract When investigating honey bee suspected poisoning events, traditional targeted methods may overlook relevant compounds. Thus, a suspect screening workflow combining two complementary and platform-independent strategies in parallel, an exact mass screening tool and a combi...

Natural Light Exposure as a Potential 7th Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine

A growing number of studies highlight the observed effects of natural light exposure on health and bodily functioning, as well as its added value for the performance of daily activities. Although natural light exposure is gaining increasing recognition as a determinant of health...

Modelling mineral dust emissions from proglacial valleys of the St. Elias Mountains, Canada

Abstract. Proglacial valleys of western Canada and Alaska demonstrate extensive historical and contemporary records of mineral dust emissions. These contributions remain unresolved by current dust emission modelling and unaccounted for in global emission estimates. We developed a...

Maritime search and rescue operations planning: A hybrid approach for multi-asset deconfliction and efficient resource allocation

Decision support systems for maritime search and rescue search planning, such as those available in Canada and in the US, assist search mission coordinators in generating search plans for missing objects. However, because these systems rely on simulations to evaluate a plan’s pro...

Is Stephen Curry really a guard? A new perspective on player typologies using functional data analysis

Abstract We present a novel representation of NBA players’ shooting patterns based on Functional Data Analysis (FDA). Each player’s charts of made and missed shots are treated as smooth functional data defined over a two-dimensional domain corresponding to the offensive half-cour...

From grounded consolidation to active detachment: the evolution of work centrality during involuntary career change

Purpose The aim of this paper is to understand how the work centrality of involuntary career changers is shaped by and evolves during the change process. Design/methodology/approach We conducted a qualitative longitudinal study leaning on three waves of semi-structured interviews...

Comparative genomic analysis reveals distinct population structure in Legionella anisa

Abstract Legionella anisa has been frequently isolated from engineered water systems; however, its population structure remains understudied compared to Legionella pneumophila. Here, we generated complete genome sequences for four L. anisa isolates recovered from a healthcare fac...

Cross-sectional evaluation of anthropometric measures vs MRI-measured visceral and hepatic fat in a Canadian cohort

Abstract Context Accurate assessment of excess body fat and its cardiometabolic risk is essential in clinical and epidemiologic research. Body mass index (BMI), although widely used, does not capture visceral or ectopic fat. Objective To evaluate how anthropometric measures—BMI,...

Do women’s participation in public life, alongside other empowerment dimensions, associate with healthcare access and food security in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the 2023 Afrobarometer survey

Women’s empowerment influences health, nutrition, and well-being through economic autonomy, decision-making, participation in public life, digital access, and attitudes toward gender-based violence. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), women face high food insecurity and healthcare barri...

Learning German Language & Culture

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synkit: a toolkit to create syntactic representations in Typst

synkit is a Typst package for drawing syntax trees from bracket notation. It supports a wide range of features, including triangles, arrows, movement traces, multidominance, semantic annotation, cross-tree equivalence lines, and formatting options for quick adjustments. Trees can...